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8 He made also a rational with embroidered 23 And little bells of the purest gold, which
work, according to the work of the ephod, of they put between the pomegranates at the bot-
gold, violet, purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and tom of the tunic round about:
fine twisted linen: 24 To wit, a bell of gold, and a pomegranate,
9 Foursquare, double, of the measure of a wherewith the high priest went adorned, when
span. he discharged his ministry, as the Lord had com-
10 And he set four rows of precious stones in manded Moses.
it. In the first row was a sardius, a topaz, an 25 They made also fine linen tunics with wo-
emerald. ven work for Aaron and his sons:
11 In the second, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and 26 And mitres with their little crowns of fine
a jasper. linen:
12 In the third, a ligurius, an agate, and an 27 And linen breeches of fine linen:
amethyst.
28 And a girdle of fine twisted linen, violet,
13 In the fourth, a chrysolite, an onyx, and a
purple, and scarlet twice dyed, of embroidery
beryl, set and enclosed in gold by their rows.
work, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
14 And the twelve stones, were engraved with
29 They made also the plate of sacred vener-
the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, each one
ation of the purest gold, and they wrote on it
with its several name.
with the engraving of a lapidary: The Holy of
15 They made also in the rational little chains,
the Lord:
linked one to another, of the purest gold,
30 And they fastened it to the mitre with a
16 And two hooks, and as many rings of gold.
violet fillet, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
And they set the rings on either side of the ra-
31 So all the work of the tabernacle and of
tional,
the roof of the testimony was finished: and the
17 On which rings the two golden chains
children of Israel did all things which the Lord
should hang, which they put into the hooks that
had commanded Moses.
stood out in the corners of the ephod.
32 And they offered the tabernacle, and the
18 These both before and behind so answered
roof, and the whole furniture, the rings, the
one another, that the ephod and the rational
boards, the bars, the pillars and their sockets,
were bound together,
19 Being fastened to the girdle, and strongly 33 The cover of rams’ skins dyed red, and the
other cover of violet skins,
coupled with rings, which a violet fillet joined,
lest they should flag loose, and be moved one 34 The veil, the ark, the bars, the propitiatory,
from the other, as the Lord commanded Moses. 35 The table, with the vessels thereof, and the
20 They made also the tunic of the ephod all loaves of proposition:
of violet, 36 The candlestick, the lamps, and the furni-
21 And a hole for the head in the upper part ture of them, with the oil:
at the middle, and a woven border round about 37 The altar of gold, and the ointment, and
the hole: the incense of spices:
22 And beneath at the feet pomegranates of 38 And the hanging in the entry of the taber-
violet, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen: nacle: